M5.2 earthquake 56 km ESE of Tobelo, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 56 km ESE of Tobelo, Indonesia on Sun, Feb 14, 1982, 2:06 PM GMT+9 (05:06 UTC), 87 km (54 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 22 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-02-14 05:06:39 UTC
- Depth
- 86.8 km (53.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.511° N, 128.466° E
- Region
- Indonesia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.757 km ESE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16297 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.522 km ENE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16289 days ago · 147 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.849 km SE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16288 days ago · 94 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.6103 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16249 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.392 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia · 16240 days ago · 240 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001jmx. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:45 AM UTC.